National Grid has attracted just a fraction of its target in a new demand response product that would help manage system stresses. Rebecca Yang, commercial manager at National Grid, told New Power that the new product (enhanced Stor) was a…
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Eggborough signs SBR contract for 2016/17 capacity
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Eggborough has signed a contract to supply 775MW of power in National Grid’s Supplemental Balancing Reserve for the winter of 2016/17 following a December auction (see table below). As reported in New Power (January 2016 issue, subscribers login to read),…
From the archive: Swansea’s tidal lagoon – how does it work and where are the costs?
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Tidal Lagoon’s Swansea Bay project is at once “innovative” and “tried and tested”, depending on whether it is looking for subsidy or investment. Janet Wood took a look at the project
From the archive: Sara Bell, Tempus Energy chief executive, talks to New Power
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From the archive: New Power interviews Sara Bell, Tempus Energy chief executive
From the New Power archive: Levy Control Framework – a chance for budget discipline or a political fiction?
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Levy Control Framework – a chance for budget discipline or a political fiction?
How can European electricity networks ease the distribution bottleneck?
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A key issue to be resolved in the GB market is whether and how to balance supply and demand. What should be at transmission level and what at distribution level?. Similar questions are being asked across Europe, as Janet Wood found
From the New Power archive: industry expectations of the second Capacity Market auction
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In the September issue of New Power we asked industrywatchers how they thought this year’s Capacity Market auction would play out. Here’s what they said
New Power interview: turning Manchester into a smart energy city
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In New Power’s September issue Janet Wood spoke to Paul Brodrick, Head of connected communities at Siemens, about making networks smarter – even in advance of the smart meter rollout
Price spikes, not blackouts, are the biggest risk this winter
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We are not at high risk from blackouts this winter. That is the strong response from New Power’s panel of energy industry experts in a survey carried out in October. Experts said that the market would respond, to provide power when needed. But they said part of the reason was that prices would “spike” – shooting up for periods that could be as short as half a hour – and that could have dramatic effects on industry players, possibly driving them into financial distress.
As air quality concerns grow, should we be giving diesel generation subsidy support and tax breaks?
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Janet Wood asks: is power market support too tilted towards diesel? The big surprise of the inaugural Capacity Market (CM) auction was the large number of small gas and diesel-fuelled plants that sought – and won – contracts, mostly…